The last three kingdoms

Chapter 296 Arriving at the Foot of the Snow Mountain
It was August, the autumn was high and the air was crisp. Thinking back to this time last year, it was the time when the Wei army was aggressively attacking Shu.

However, unlike Zhong Hui's high-profile attack on Shu, Liu Yin was very low-key in this expedition. When he left Weicheng, he chose midnight, and he broke it into parts. The central army, the left army and the right army acted separately, quietly He left Nanzhong silently.

The Shu army is almost going back. As early as January, they had just escorted the people from Shu to Nanzhong, and now they turned back to the north again. However, without the restraint of the old and young people, the marching speed of the Shu army is obviously faster Many, the journey that took more than two months at the beginning can now be completed in only half a month.

The difference is that the original starting point was Chengdu, and now the destination of the return journey has become Hanjia.

After crossing Moshui, Liu Yin led his army to Hanjia, and Chen Shou and Fang, the prefect of Hanjia, went out of the city to meet them in person.Liu Yin and Liu Chen brought each other into the city, but they kept the army outside the city.

Chen Shou reported to Liu Yin the preparation of grain, grass and materials. Liu Yin was very satisfied. Chen Shou arrived in Hanjia early, and he did not disappoint Liu Yin. All the preparations were handled in an orderly manner, and the accounts were clear. Liu Yin is very relieved to be the boss.

"How is the battle in Chengdu?" Liu Chen asked Fang Ze, the prefect of Hanjia.Arriving at the nearest place to Chengdu, Liu Chen was obviously very concerned about the battle situation in Central Shu.

Fang Ze reported: "Chengdu is already in ruins, and there is no way to garrison troops. Now the main areas where the Wei and Wu armies are fighting are Luocheng and Guanghan. The Wei army is the main attack, and the Wu army is the main defender. For a long time, according to my humble opinion, it is still difficult to tell the winner in a short time."

Liu Chen couldn't help booing and sighing, the fertile land has become a battleground between two enemies at this moment, the current Shuzhong is probably a thousand miles away, with bones in the wild, chickens and dogs are unknown, and the people are in dire straits.

Liu Yin couldn't care less about feeling sad, it was already mid-August, and he had to hurry up and go north immediately before the weather turned cold, otherwise, in the severe winter, if he wanted to cross the snow-capped mountains and cross the grassland, he would have to hurry up. Even more difficult.

Although Hanjia County is adjacent to Shu County, the mountains are narrow and the roads are difficult to walk. Liu Yin ordered the prefect of Hanjia to send soldiers to block all the passes leading to Chengdu and prohibit anyone from passing through. He leaked the news that he and Liu Chen, king of the Northland, had arrived in Hanjia.

Liu Yin also did not reveal his true intention of this trip to Fang Ze. The closer he was to the front line, the more cautious he became. Any omission in any detail may lead to the failure of the whole plan.

With the identities of Liu Yin and Liu Chen, they are naturally the ones Fang Ze looks up to.During this expedition, Liu Yin handed over the errand of Zhijinwu, and Du Bi, the lieutenant Zuocheng, succeeded Zhijinwu.

A team in the Lieutenant's Mansion, Liu Yin, has made proper arrangements, with Du Bi, Feng Quan, and Zheng Yi to take care of them, so Liu Yin is naturally very relieved. During this Northern Expedition, the affairs of the court and the central government are beyond Liu Yin's reach. It is the right time to hand over the position of Zhi Jinwu, not to mention that the people in the Zhongwei's Mansion are basically Liu Yin's confidantes, even if Liu Yin no longer works in the Zhongwei's Mansion, he still cannot escape his control.

This time Liu Yin went to the expedition in the identity of Ping Shangshushi, Zhenbei General, Yongzhou Mu, and Governor of Yongliang, all military identities, with fake Jieyue.

False Festival Yue is the highest responsibility granted by the emperor to the generals, and it is generally divided into four categories: False Festival, Chi Jie, Envoy Chi Jie, and False Festival Yue.The symbol of false festival and Chijie is a bamboo pole. During wartime, false festivals can deal with those who violate military orders. During wartime, Chijie can deal with officials with less than two thousand stones. Envoy Chijie can deal with two thousand stones under any circumstances The following officials, and the symbol of the fake Jieyue are two big yellow axes, the holders have the right to dispose of the generals.

In the past, only Guan Yu, who was guarding Jingzhou, was a fake festival yue, and the other officials were no more than Chijie.

Although it is a formal thing that Guan Yu has a fake Jieyue, it does not mean that his status can surpass Zhuge Liang later, but Liu Chan gave Liu Yin this privilege because he was in Guanlong, blocked from Nanzhong news, and had many military affairs. All had to be dealt with on the fly, and Liu Yin could act cheaply with the privilege of fake Jieyue.

As for Liu Yin's power, whether he has the heart of disobedience, this Liu Chan also has some considerations. The purpose of appointing Liu Chen as the supervisor is to curb Liu Yin's power and prevent him from supporting the army and acting arbitrarily.

The emperor's art of controlling people is a very deep knowledge. Liu Chan has the ability, so he can only learn superficially. Compared with his father Liu Bei, it is a thousand miles away, but Liu Chan also knows how to control people. If you want to take it, you must give it to you. Whether you can go to Guanlong and realize the dream of three generations of Shu depends on whether Liu Yin can succeed in this move. Therefore, Liu Chan is not stingy with Liu Yin's treatment. He was also honored to be the second great official of the frontier who faked a Yue after Guan Yu in the Shu Han Dynasty.

Guan Yu was guarding Jingzhou. He was a veritable feudal official. Liu Yin's feudal official had to work hard on his own. It all depends on the success or failure of the Northern Expedition.

Fang Ze obeyed Liu Yin's orders, and Liu Yin's pair of oversized axes made of wood with gold-plated surface (of course they are not made of iron, if they are made of iron, then such a big thing, no matter how strong a strong man can lift it. For a long time) although it can’t kill people, it is more important than Shangshu’s sword. Not only officials with two thousand stones can kill and kill as they like, but even officials who hold festivals can still deal with it. He is a small county. How dare Shou disobey Liu Yin's meaning.

Fang Ze immediately made an arrangement and ordered the county soldiers to set up checkpoints at the dangerous pass leading to Chengdu to stop pedestrians coming and going.

Liu Yin didn't delay, after explaining Hanjia's defense, he went out of the city overnight, took advantage of the darkness, left Hanjia City, headed north, and arrived at the foot of Daxue Mountain at dawn.

In later generations, this snow-capped mountain was called Jiajin Mountain, and it was the first snow-capped mountain crossed by the Red Army during the Long March. However, these places are now desolate and located in the border area of ​​the Shu Kingdom. Covered with snow, no one has climbed it since ancient times.

The grain, grass and supplies that Chen Shou was responsible for raising were all piled up in the base camp at the foot of the mountain.

(End of this chapter)